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Showing posts with label Operating Systems. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Operating Systems. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

The traditional storage of data which is organized by the customers by storing it in separate folders. This is the example of which type of database system?

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The traditional storage of data which is organized by the customers by storing it in separate folders. This is the example of which type of database system?
Object oriented 
Network 
Relational 
Hierarchical
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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Which one of the following technique is used to spaced up the page mapping?

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Which one of the following technique is used to spaced up the page mapping?
Associative Memory
Virtual Memory
Translation Look aside Buffer
High Speed Cache
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The Efficient use of Disk Space is dependant on _________________

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The Efficient use of Disk Space is dependant on _________________
None of the listed options
User Allocation
Free space management
Disk Allocation
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Which of the following options is true with respect to a Raw disk?

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Which of the following options is true with respect to a Raw disk?
Disk which has been used already in the file system
FAT32 system
NTFS system
Disk used without any file system
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Which of the following options represent the typical page size?

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Which of the following options represent the typical page size?
Between 10 and100 bytes
More than 100 KB bytes but less than 1 MB
Between 512 to 2k bytes
Below 1 MB
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.DAT Files in C are stored in ?

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.DAT Files in C are stored in ?
RAM
Hard Disk
CPU
Cache memory
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An FCB is managed by the operating system, but it does not reside in the memory of the operating system.State true or false.

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An FCB is managed by the operating system, but it does not reside in the memory of the operating system.State true or false.
TRUE
FALSE
Option3
Option4
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Which of the following statements holds the definition for a critical section?

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Which of the following statements holds the definition for a critical section?
A critical section is the largest section in the operating system
A critical section is code that accesses a critical resource
A critical section is a small section in RAM
A critical section represents portions belonging to a critical resource
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Which of the following is true for Link allocation method?

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Which of the following is true for Link allocation method?
The directory entry for each file contains the file name in this method 
The data blocks of a file can be scattered. 
An index block is allocated for each file that is created 
The data in a file is stored in a contiguous section of the disk
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Which of the following are the allowed states for a Process?

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Question 
Started, Running, Stopped 
Running, Ready, Waiting 
Stopped, Ready, Running 
Running, steady, Waiting
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Which of the following statements explain the difference between a background and a foreground process?

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Question 
A background process or task is given higher priority while a foreground task is given a lesser priority by all operating systems alike 
A foreground process or task gets a higher priority compared to a background task by all operating systems 
A foreground process is controlled by user while background process is controlled by operating system 
A foreground task is a process or task that the user interacts directly with using the keyboard and screen while a background task is one that runs in the background without accessing the screen or keyboard
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Which of the following options can best describe a shell?

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Which of the following options can best describe a shell?
Shell is a program that provides routines for handling user input and output and provides a mechanism to interpret user requests
Shell is a program that provides files for handling user input and output
Shell is a small part of the RAM that is used to interpret user requests
Shell is a storage space for handling user input and output ..
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Which of the following is true about a "Process table"?

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Which of the following is true about a "Process table"?
Process table maintains the processes in a matrix format
Process table keeps track of the state of all the processes
Process table is another name for Process dictionary
Process table is a repository of the process names
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______________ allows a single user to operate on several programs at the same time.

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______________ allows a single user to operate on several programs at the same time.
Single User Multitasking OS 
Multi User OS 
Both the mentioned options 
None of the mentioned options
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In which of the following type of scheduling, the processes may take very long time to complete, thus holding up other waiting processes in the queue?

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In which of the following type of scheduling, the processes may take very long time to complete, thus holding up other waiting processes in the queue?
Priority scheduling 
Round Robin scheduling 
FIFO scheduling 
Co-operative scheduling
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Which of the following operations can be performed on a file?

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Which of the following operations can be performed on a file?
Replace file
Rename file
All the mentioned options
Copy file
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Which of the following components form the structure of a FCB?

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Which of the following components form the structure of a FCB?
File Permissions
File Name
All the mentioned options
File location
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

In Windows 7,Hybrid Kernal is also called as

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In Windows 7,Hybrid Kernal is also called as _______________.
Microsoft NT Kernal
Microsoft
Microsoft LT Kernal
Monolithic kernal
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What happens when a program is executed in an application?

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What happens when a program is executed in an application?
OS schedules the process among others based on the priorities 
All of the mentioned options 
OS makes the required input and output devices available during the process 
OS creates a process when an instance of a program is loaded into the main memory
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In mainframe system,the block of data is called as....

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In mainframe system,the block of data is called as....
Record
Note
Both the mentioned options
None of the mentioned options
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